Clinical Research Fellow
Royal Brompton Hospital
Biography
Dr Harris Trainer is a Clinical Research Fellow in Interventional Pulmonology at the Royal Brompton Hospital and an ST5 Respiratory Medicine trainee in the North-West Thames Deanery.
He holds a BSc (Hons) from the University of St Andrews and an MBChB from the University of Manchester. His clinical and research interests lie in the use of robotic-assisted bronchoscopy for lung cancer diagnostics and therapeutics. He has been involved in the coordination of multiple trials focusing on novel bronchoscopic ablation techniques and bronchoscopic therapies for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
He has experience in both diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, including EBUS-TBNA.
Clinical Research Fellow
Royal Brompton Hospital
Biography
I am currently working as a clinical research fellow with the Interventional Pulmonology team at the Royal Brompton Hospital. My role includes setting up and running clinical research trials in lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Consultant Respiratory Physician
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston
Clinical Research Fellow
Royal Brompton Hospital
Biography
I am a respiratory trainee, currently working as a clinical research fellow with the interventional pulmonology team at the Royal Brompton Hospital, as well as undertaking my PhD at the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London. My role includes setting up and running research trials in Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease (COPD) and Lung Cancer.
Respiratory Registrar and Clinical Researcher
Royal Brompton Hospital
Biography
Dr Anand Tana is currently completing a Clinical Research Fellowship at the Royal Brompton Hospital and PhD in Interventional Pulmonology with Imperial College London. He qualified at St George’s University of London and trained in Respiratory Medicine in the North-West Thames Deanery.
Dr Tana research activities are related to bronchoscopic treatment approaches in COPD and has been involved in the set up and delivery of first in human studies, mechanistic studies and pivotal trials. He has clinical and research experience in endobronchial valves and aeriseal sealant for emphysema, targeted lung denervation for COPD and cryospray and pulsed electrical field therapy for chronic bronchitis.
His interests extend to the utility of bronchoscopy in lung cancer, particularly in the role of EBUS-tBNA, radial EBUS and robotic guided navigational bronchoscopy in improving lung cancer diagnosis, as well as the development of tumour ablation techniques.
Outside of respiratory medicine, he has keen interest in learning and development with extensive experience in both undergraduate and post graduate medical education.
Clinical Research Fellow
Royal Brompton Hospital
Biography
Dr Ley Taing Chan graduated from Imperial College London of Medicine in 2012.
She is a respiratory specialist trainee in the North-West Thames deanery and is pursuing her PhD in lung cancer. She is currently working as a clinical research fellow with the interventional pulmonology team at the Royal Brompton Hospital. Her research interests include evaluating bronchoscopic treatments for lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
She previously worked as a clinical fellow in the West London Targeted Lung Health Check programme (lung cancer screening) between 2021 and 2024.
Respiratory Physician
Imperial College London
Biography
Dr Francesca Conway is a respiratory physician (SpR) and NIHR clinical lecturer at Imperial College London. She completed a fellowship in interventional pulmonology and a PhD evaluating a new bronchoscopic therapy for COPD. Her research interests include understanding mechanisms of airway inflammation and evaluation of bronchoscopic therapies for lung disease. She has an active role in medical education including teaching on the Imperial Translation Respiratory Medicine BSc.
She joins the CHEST early career editorial board.
Pulmonologist
Amsterdam University Medical Center, AMC, The Netherlands
Biography
Peter Bonta is Pulmonologist at the Amsterdam University Medical Center, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His focus is Interventional Pulmonology and Obstructive and Interstitial Lung Diseases. First, in Interventional Pulmonology he is involved in treatment and research in Bronchial Thermoplasty (BT),
bronchoscopic lung volume reductive (BLVR), Total Lung Denervation (TLD), lung cryobiopsy (TBLCB) and Endobronchial Ultrasound ((r)EBUS). Novel innovative imaging including Optical Coherence Tomography and Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in these research areas are interlinked to basic science. He was
granted for BT / OCT research by a clinical Fellowship and Technical applied sciences grant of the Dutch Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw), Dutch Lung Foundation and PI of the international BT TASMA and BOOSTER trial
Pulmonologist
Amsterdam UMC Healthcare, The Netherlands
Biography
Prof. Jouke Annema is Professor of Pulmonary Endoscopy since 2014 at the University of Amsterdam and Amsterdam University Medical Center, The Netherlands. He studied medicine at the University of Groningen, specialized in respiratory diseases at Leiden University where he also obtained his PhD (cum laude).
His research aims to contribute to achieve minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopic solutions for various pulmonary diseases with a focus on the diagnosis, staging and treatment of early-stage lung cancer and the assessment of sarcoidosis.
Additionally, he is also exploring the integration of novel optical imaging techniques including confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE), optical coherence tomography (OCT), higher harmonic generation microscopy (HHG) and targeted fluorescence in bronchoscopy. He has served as chair of Interventional Pulmonology of ERS and of the Assembly Clinical Techniques. Prof. Annema organized > 100 courses, was co- founder of the ERS EBUS training and certification program and has given lectures at many (international) events.
He is co- president of the World Congress of Bronchology to be held in April 2028 in Amsterdam. Prof. Annema initiated and conducted numerous (randomized) clinical trials, authored over 214 peer- reviewed manuscripts with an H – index of 41, including guideline changing high impact reports on EBUS and EUS in lung cancer staging and sarcoid.
Consultant Respiratory Physician
Royal Brompton Hospital
Biography
Dr Justin Garner qualified from Imperial College School of Medicine in 2008. He trained as a respiratory specialist in the Northwest Thames deanery and completed his PhD in Interventional Bronchoscopy under Professors Pallav Shah and Omar Usmani in 2020.
He has worked as a consultant respiratory physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital since October 2021 in the department of lung cancer and interventional bronchoscopy.
Dr Justin Garner has specialist expertise in:
- Management of lung cancer and pulmonary nodules (including robotic-assisted navigation bronchoscopy)
- Lung volume reduction (e.g., endobronchial valves) and novel interventional therapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma
- Transbronchial cryo-excision biopsy for interstitial lung disease
- General diagnostic and interventional bronchoscopy
His research interests include small airways disease, inflammatory biomarkers, and medical device innovation (ResearchGate).